We aim to influence the theory, analysis and practice of development worldwide to the benefit of disadvantaged people and countries, and to support international networks and local institutions involved in this endeavour.

Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.

“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”

We aim to influence the theory, analysis and practice of development worldwide to the benefit of disadvantaged people and countries, and to support international networks and local institutions involved in this endeavour.

We aim to influence the theory, analysis and practice of development worldwide to the benefit of disadvantaged people and countries, and to support international networks and local institutions involved in this endeavour.

Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.

“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”

Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.

“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”

Sabina Alkire delivers WIDER Annual Lecture

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research's (UNU-WIDER) flagship lecture presents the analysis of an eminent scholar or policy-maker who has made a significant contribution in the field of development economics. Previous lecturers have included Amartya Sen, Angus Deaton, Kaushik Basu, Frances Stewart, Tony Atkinson, and Joseph Stiglitz.

Dr Alkire's lecture covered the ways in which countries are using the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (Global MPI) and other poverty measures to track achievements in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, in particular, SDG 1, which aims to 'end poverty in all its forms everywhere'.

Dr Alkire is director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at ODID, which has worked to develop systematic approaches to measuring ‘multidimensional’ deprivation and well-being and using these to develop more granular monitoring of poverty than is present in traditional income- or consumption-based measures.